* Maxwell refused to answer questions for Congress, but dangles possibility that she would talk if granted clemency. Surely it wouldn't be an issue that her testimony directly involves the person controlling the clemency decision! [CBS News] * Research says AI has impacted junior lawyer judgment. The results confirm what we've been telling you! [Legal Cheek] * Axiom closes its Arizona law firm. [Reuters] * Jury told social media companies built "addiction machine." [Law360] * "Gap Appears Within Am Law 50." Pretty sure they mean to say the gap is growing because we've been writing about this gap for a long time. [American Lawyer] * California law banning ICE agents hiding their faces struck down... but judge says the law could stand if expanded to all law enforcement. [Reuters] * After actively trolling a lawyer for his clearly AI-slop defense of the hallucinations in his brief, the judge finally issued an order. It was not kind. [Ars Technica]